Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 3, 2002, 6:59 PM CST for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2002, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2002, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 528 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KLCH 040059
FFWLCH
LAC003-011-019-040300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
659 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 900 PM CST
* AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU
AND SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES DURING THE PAST 6 TO 8 HOURS. AN
ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
ALLEN PARISH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALLEN PARISH...THROUGH 9 PM. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING IN
THESE PARISHES.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3089 9258 3053 9261 3043 9314 3006 9300
3007 9371 3043 9371 3085 9356
$$
LGE2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KLCH 040209 FFSLCH LAC003-011-019-040315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 808 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR CALCASIEU PARISH... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM... AT 8 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE CHARLES SHOWS THAT RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED TO JUST SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHWEST CALCASIEU PARISH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THIS PART OF THE PARISH THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE-TENTH INCH...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CALCASIEU PARISH. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELED. THE HEAVY RAINS OF TODAY HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND ALTHOUGH THE WATER WILL BE RECEDING RESIDENTS ARE STILL URGED TO REMAIN OFF ROADS THIS EVENING IF POSSIBLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO AFFECT MOST OF BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 PM WILL AVERAGE ONE- QUARTER INCH...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THESE PARISHES. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES BY 9 PM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY HIGH WATER. $$ LGE
000 WGUS74 KLCH 040313 FFSLCH LAC003-011-040355- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 912 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES HAS EXPIRED... AT 9 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE CHARLES SHOWED A FEW LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES. A FEW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS OF TODAY...THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ON TOP OF THE SITUATION...AND BE READY IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. $$ LGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 7:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.